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Copies of photographs in the Benjamin Stone collection, circa 1862-1907 (bulk circa 1862-1871)

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.R4859
Creators:
Stone, Benjamin, 1838-1914
Dates:
circa 1862-1907
bulk circa 1862-1871
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
170 Items
circa 170 enlarged prints from microfilm
1 Microfilm reel
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Microfilm of the Benjamin Stone collection of photographs relating to Britain and Europe, North America, South America, Africa, India, and Australasia. Prints made from the microfilm are mostly of portraits of American Indians and some field images relating to delegations, expeditions, dwellings, and the 1862 Sioux uprising in Minnesota. They include depictions of Arikara, Ojibwa, Miniconjou, Dakota, Pawnee, Winnebago, Iroquois, Ute, Blackfoot, Cree, Crow, Salish, and Kootenai Indians. There are also images of buildings, boats, railroads, and scenic views from around America, as well as the Smithsonian Castle in 1871 and Chicago after the Great Fire. Photographers represented include B. H. Gurnsey, Joel Emmons Whitney, and Adrian J. Ebell.

Biographical note

Biographical note
Sir John Benjamin Stone (1838-1914) was born in Birmingham, England, to a glass-making family, a profession he briefly joined before starting a career in politics. He was elected representative of the Duddlestone Ward on the Birmingham Town Coucil in 1869, later becoming Mayor Cutton (1886-1891) and Member of Parliament for East Birmingham (1895-1910). Inspired by a love of antiquities, Stone began to collect and then make photographs during his international travels to East Asia, the West Indies, Africa, and North and South America. As the first president of the Birmingham Photographic Society, he encouraged the development of the Warwickshire Photographic Survey. Additionally, he helped found the National Photographic Record Association, and served as President of the organization. During his time in Parliament, Stone made a photographic survey of the Palace of Westminster and was official photographer for the Coronation of King Geroge V in 1910. His photographs were published in the two-volume Sir Benjamin Stone's Pictures (1905).

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in the Benjamin Stone collection in the Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, England.
Custodial History
Stone's original collection was donated by his Trustees to the Birmingham Reference Library in 1921, which developed microfilm and a card index to the collection. This microfilm was purchased from the Birmingham Public Library in May 1967.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use
Copy prints of photographs in the Birmingham Public Library in Birmngham, England. Reference copies can be made for Smithsonian Institution staff only. Permission to publish and other prints can be obtained from the Birmingham Public Library.
Preferred Citation
Photo Lot R4859, Copies of photographs in the Benjamin Stone collection, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
Some photographs have been separated into Photo Lot 24. These photographs are represented by item-level descriptions linked to this record.

Contained in

Contained in
Numbered manuscripts 1850s-1980s (some earlier)

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot R4859

Reproduction Note

Reproduction Note
Prints made by the Smithsonian Institution, 1969.

Addl. KW Subj

Addl. KW Subj
Sioux
Chippewa
Kutenai
Blackfeet


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ute Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cree Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Iroquois Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Minneconjou Lakota (Minniconjou Sioux) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Basin Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sioux Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chicago (Ill.) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sahnish (Arikara) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kootenai (Kutenai) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dwellings Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Subarctic Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Northwest Coast Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northeast Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Plateau Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ebell, Adrian J. (Adrian John), 1840-1877 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Gurnsey, B. H. (Byron H.), 1833-1880 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Whitney & Zimmerman Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Whitney's Gallery Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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